Williamsbridge

626 East 223rd Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 626 East 223rd Street, Wakefield

5:00 pm on July 8, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Small-scale development is slowly returning to Wakefield and Williamsbridge, two northern Bronx neighborhoods lined with one- and two-family homes where pockets of new construction grew in the early to mid-2000s. The city downzoned Wakefield in 2007 and Williamsbridge in 2011, discouraging new construction in two of the city’s most affordable places to buy a home. Despite that, we’ve noticed a growing number of little buildings planned in the areas just beyond Bronx Park, . Today, a new building application was filed for a four-story, eight-unit building at 626 East 223rd Street, between Carpenter Avenue and White Plains Road in Wakefield.

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819 East 218th Street

Eight Units Replacing Two-Unit Wood-Framed Structure at 819 East 218th Street, North Bronx

12:15 pm on May 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Gjergj Lunaj has filed applications for two three-story, four-unit residential buildings spanning 817-819 East 218th Street, in Williamsbridge. The eight residential units will be divided over 7,140 square feet of residential space, and Fred Geremia is designing. The existing 2.5-story, two-unit wood-framed structure was approved for demolition in February.

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